Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly matched?

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Correct — B, Bhavani Prasad (Bhawani Prasad Mishra). Two of his listed works are genuinely his — 'Geet Farosh' (his debut poetry collection) and 'Satpura Ke Ghane Jangal' (one of his best-known poems, about the Satpura forests of his native region) — but 'Himatarangini' is NOT his work. Himtarangini is the Sahitya Akademi Award-winning (1955) poetry collection of Makhanlal Chaturvedi, a different celebrated Hindi poet also from Madhya Pradesh. Attaching Chaturvedi's book to Bhawani Prasad Mishra's name is what makes this pair incorrectly matched.

Why the other options are wrong — (a) This pairing is CORRECT, so it is not the answer — both titles are genuine works of Harishankar Parsai, the Hindi satirist from Madhya Pradesh known for his sharp vyangya (satire) writing.  (c) This pairing is CORRECT, so it is not the answer — 'Chand Ka Munh Tedha Hai' (1964) is Muktibodh's landmark poetry collection and 'Kaath Ka Sapna' is among his prose/fiction works; both are genuinely his.  (d) This pairing is CORRECT, so it is not the answer — Rasikpriya (1591) and Kavipriya (1601) are Keshavdas's foundational Brajbhasha works of the Riti-kaal school of Hindi poetry, alongside Ramchandrika.

Concept: This question tests recognition of major Hindi litterateurs connected to Madhya Pradesh and their signature works — Harishankar Parsai (satire), Bhawani Prasad Mishra and Makhanlal Chaturvedi (Gandhian/nationalist-era poetry, both natives of Hoshangabad district), Gajanan Madhav Muktibodh (Nayi Kavita/modernist poetry), and Keshavdas (medieval Riti-kaal court poet of Orchha).

State PCS 2021 Q70 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer

State PCS 2021 Q70 — Madhya Pradesh GK PYQ with Answer